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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Romania	Albania	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	3,085	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	3,065	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	3,047	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	3,038	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	3,026	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	3,014	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	2,998	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	2,979	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	2,957	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	2,934	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	2,915	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	2,900	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	2,892	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	2,888	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	2,882	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	2,876	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	2,868	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	2,863	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	2,861	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	2,854	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	2,842	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	2,825	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	2,799	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	2,787	13,439

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Albania, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.